Merz 'confident' German voters will not put far right in power

BERLIN, July 15: Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Wednesday he was confident that the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) would not win outright majorities in regional elections in two eastern states this year.

"I will do everything within my power in Germany to prevent it," said Merz, a conservative who has made combating the far right a key aim of his political programme.

"What we do today determines the fate of our children and grandchildren," Merz said of his efforts to address Germany's problems and win back voters from the AfD.

Polls give the AfD leads in both Saxony-Anhalt and Mecklenburg-Western Pommerania ahead of elections in those states in September.�"AFP